Gros Islet (St Lucia), May 12 (IANS) After their disappointing exit from World Twenty20, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to blame the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the team’s performance but said the late night IPL parties were taxing for the players.
Dhoni also said their inability to handle short pitched deliveries was a hindrance.
The [...] Continue reading IPL parties take a toll, admits Dhoni
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New Delhi/London, May 7 : English counties Friday outrightly dismissed their cricket board chairman Giles Clarke’s allegations that Lalit Modi was trying to set up a parallel league in England which prompted the Indian cricket board to slap a second showcause notice on the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) [...] Continue reading Counties deny Modi trying to split English cricket
Glamour, business tycoons, Bollywood, drama and a crisp format! It’s a power-packed combo that has helped the Indian Premier League (IPL) draw women fans in huge numbers – even those who otherwise wouldn’t care too much about cricket.
Gone are the days when cricket stadiums during international matches were frequented mainly by men, with a few [...] Continue reading What makes IPL a rage with women
Parliament resumed its normal business Monday after days of turmoil over the IPL row that led to the resignation of Shashi Tharoor from the government, but the opposition demanded a thorough probe into the alleged money laundering in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL),
Following vocal demands from the opposition Left and other parties, Finance Minister [...] Continue reading MPs demand ban on IPL ‘gambling’, government declares probe
A call to ban and probe the funding source of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament grew louder in parliament Monday, a day after Shashi Tharoor quit the government over his controversial link to the IPL Kochi franchise.
Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha termed IPL as “gambling” in the name of cricket and [...] Continue reading IPL is money laundering, ban it, say MPs